Award ceremony for Hindi language films
The 6th Filmfare Awards were held in 10 May 1959, at Bombay, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema for the year 1958.[1] [2] [3]
Madhumati led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by Sadhna with 6 nominations and Yahudi with 5 nominations.
Madhumati won 9 awards – a record at the time – including Best Film , Best Director (for Bimal Roy ) and Best Supporting Actor (for Johnny Walker ), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
The ceremony was also noted as Vyjayanthimala became the first actress to receive dual nominations for Best Actress for her performances in Madhumati and Sadhna , winning for the latter.
Main Awards
Technical Awards
Superlatives
The following films had multiple wins and/or nominations
See also
References
External links
Merit awards Critics' awards Technical awards Special awards Award ceremonies